Sunday the election had record turnout following 6 months of protests that rocked the island now while those who support the protests not stay when not everyone is on board china daily published an editorial monday stating the results of sundays District Council d election marks a setback for hong kongs Democratic Development as the results were skewed by the illegal activities of the opposition camp to the benefit their candidates in the run up to sundays voting members of the opposition camp particularly their young agitator is engaged in an all out campaign to sabotage the Campaign Activities of pro establishment candidates and intimidate their supporters from going to the ballot box now kristie theres a lot going on here but what is the significance of those big wins for the pan democrats in hong kong you know economically and otherwise this is actually quite significant because as the markets look at this was a reading of barometric reading on the overall sentiment in hong kong an
A lot going on here but what is the significance of those big wins for the pan democrats in hong kong you know economically and otherwise this is actually quite significant because as the markets look at this was a reading of barometric reading on the overall sentiment in hong kong and how how the people really felt because Mainland China was actually quite surprised by this turn out they were actually completely surprised and blindsided because they thought that the opposition would not be as strong as they all are and react as strongly as they did because as you said this was a record turnout over 70 percent of the voters actually turned out and not to mention this is for some of the least powerful positions on the council there pretty much response for anything relating to like garbage pickup to street cleaning to Like Community labor so these are not the primary elections so its surprising that so many people turned out to vote for elections that werent at the sentiment stage and y
A very important deal i guess you could say one of the most important deals in trade ever. Its going very well but at the same time we want to see it go well and. I think it will think that president xi can make that happen and i know him and i know hed like to make it happen Chinas Ministry of commerce also commented on the call between private. And u. S. Trade representative robert litan hisor and treasury secretary Steven Nugent saying the 2 sides had reached a consensus on how to resolve some key issues and would continue to work in to come to terms on an eventual deal in hong kong the pan democrats scored big victories as they won nearly 90 percent of the 452 District Council seats in elections held sunday the election had record turnout following 6 months of protests that rock to the island now while those who support the protests not stay when not everyone is on board china. Daily published an editorial monday stating the results of sundays District Council d election marks a se
Ruthless decision to sack or sidelined 17 senior ministers may have done the opposite. His 1st statement was one of optimism channeling his hero Winston Churchill promising a golden era for britain and then a message to the European Union asking them to rethink the current deal in their country that values its independence and indeed it so for suspect could agree to a treaty which signed away our economic independence and selfgovernment as this back story does a time when it is not enough if an agreement is to be reached it must be clearly understood that the way to the deal goes by way of the abolition of the backstop i request politely rejected by brussels with the e. U. s chief negotiator Michel Barnier saying that eliminating the backstop is unacceptable and not within the mandate of the European Council a message reiterated by the Outgoing European Commission president in a phone call with Boris Johnson with saying that the e. U. s position on the Withdrawal Agreement is the best
Youre watching cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez in washington. And we are tracking major developments on day 6 of fighting in the middle east. Israel has launched largescale strikes on hamas targets in gaza and reports that israeli missiles are hitting inside syria, taking out runways at two major airports. During this latest barrage u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken stood side by side with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, vowing that israel will never have to stand alone. Moments ago Secretary Blinken discussed the gruesome evidence hes been shown by the israeli government, showing purported hamas atrocities. Listen to this. Its beyond what anyone would ever want to imagine, much less actually see and god forbid experience. A baby, an infant, riddled with bullets. Soldiers beheaded. Young people burned alive in their cars or in their hideaway rooms. I could go on. But its simply depravity in the worst imaginable way. You cant help but imagine yourself, your family, your love